Detroit Pistons improve to 17th on ESPN's NBA future rankings

2:16 PM,
Sep. 23, 2013

Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond (1).

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Posted by Brian Manzullo
Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

They're still in the latter half of the NBA, but at least the Detroit Pistons are moving up.

The Pistons are now ranked 17th in ESPN's periodical future NBA power rankings, which orders teams based on their expected performance the next several years. They were 20th last May and 22nd in August 2012.

NBA analyst Chad Ford writes that the reason for the improvement is because of the acquisitions of forward Josh Smith and guard Brandon Jennings, though there are still concerns with how both players will mesh with the young team. ...